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Wind Advisory 11, NWS Dodge City, KS

May 5, 200724 counties in Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this wind advisory at May 5, 2007, 10:08 AM CDT for 24 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 5, 2007, 10:08 AM CDT (15:08 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2007, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Dodge City, KS
All 24 counties

Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 15 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2007-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3496 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2007-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 292 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
3496 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
681 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
292 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
304 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
6.3
Supercell composite
22.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS73 KDDC 051508
NPWDDC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1008 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007

...STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL BLOW ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS TODAY...

.STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO WILL CONTINUE
TO TIGHTEN THE PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS AS THE DAY
PROGRESSES. IN ADDITION, FAST MOVING WINDS JUST OFF THE GROUND
WILL MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE AS DAYTIME HEATING CONTINUES. THE
WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO SUBSIDE BY EARLY THIS EVENING.

KSZ030-031-043>046-062>066-075>081-085>090-052315-
/O.NEW.KDDC.WI.Y.0011.070505T1508Z-070506T0000Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-PAWNEE-
STAFFORD-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-STEVENS-
SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAKEENEY...CEDAR BLUFF RESERVOIR...
HAYS...ELLIS...SCOTT CITY...DIGHTON...NESS CITY...LA CROSSE...
RUSH CENTER...LAKIN...DEERFIELD...GARDEN CITY...KALVESTA...
JETMORE...HANSTON...LARNED...BURDETT...ST. JOHN...STAFFORD...
HUDSON...ULYSSES...SUBLETTE...SATANTA...CIMARRON...MONTEZUMA...
DODGE CITY...BUCKLIN...KINSLEY...LEWIS...GREENSBURG...HAVILAND...
PRATT...HUGOTON...MOSCOW...LIBERAL...KISMET...MEADE...FOWLER...
ASHLAND...MINNEOLA...COLDWATER...PROTECTION...MEDICINE LODGE...
KIOWA...SUN CITY
1008 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. 

SOUTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH
CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE ADVISORY AREA. THE WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO
SUBSIDE INTO THE 20 TO 25 MPH RANGE BY 7 PM THIS EVENING.

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

LACY

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark48 min
May 4, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Kiowa50 min
May 4, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche52 min
May 4, 8:13 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Comanche32 min
May 4, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa, Pawnee43 min
May 4, 8:38 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Comanche37 min
May 4, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Kiowa39 min
May 4, 8:55 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Comanche, Kiowa35 min
May 4, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Trego19 min
May 4, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee19 min
May 4, 9:19 PM CDTTornado Warning EmergencyDDCKiowa41 min
May 4, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Ford, Hodgeman52 min
May 4, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Rush45 min
May 4, 9:50 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa40 min
May 4, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush46 min
May 4, 10:24 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa, Pratt, Stafford36 min
May 4, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Rush31 min
May 4, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis, Ness, Rush, Trego44 min
May 4, 10:54 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Pratt, Stafford36 min
May 4, 11:22 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee, Stafford38 min
May 4, 11:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego9 min
May 4, 11:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCRush36 min
May 5, 12:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee29 min
May 5, 12:04 AM CDTTornado WarningDDCStafford41 min
May 5, 12:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Rush50 min
May 5, 12:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis18 min
May 5, 12:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman45 min
May 5, 12:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Gray, Meade47 min
May 5, 12:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCNess, Trego44 min
May 5, 1:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness, Trego44 min
May 5, 1:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford44 min
May 5, 1:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark47 min
May 5, 1:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis38 min
May 5, 1:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCHodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush31 min
May 5, 1:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord47 min
May 5, 2:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCRush35 min
May 5, 2:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis33 min
May 5, 2:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Ford, Kiowa28 min
May 5, 2:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee37 min
May 5, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa46 min
May 5, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche40 min
May 5, 3:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPawnee, Rush47 min
May 5, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCComanche, Kiowa46 min
May 5, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCPratt44 min
May 5, 4:38 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPratt37 min
May 5, 4:58 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPratt, Stafford32 min
May 5, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Kiowa27 min
May 5, 5:13 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Kiowa32 min
May 5, 5:22 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCStafford23 min
May 5, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche50 min
May 5, 5:29 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCStafford31 min
May 5, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards30 min
May 5, 5:34 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCClark, Comanche26 min
May 5, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCFord, Kiowa44 min
May 5, 5:59 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCStafford16 min
May 5, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee44 min
May 5, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCClark, Comanche, Kiowa38 min
May 5, 6:13 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPawnee32 min
May 5, 6:28 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCPawnee16 min
May 5, 6:37 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCComanche, Kiowa23 min
May 5, 6:41 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCKiowa34 min
May 5, 6:57 PM CDTTornado WarningDDCEdwards, Pawnee48 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.